| Authorised form of name | Arbuthnot; John (1667 - 1735) |
| Arbuthnot; John (1667 - 1735) |
| Dates | 1667 - 1735 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Arbuthnot, Kincardineshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 29 April 1667 |
| Place of death | His house in Cork Street, London |
| Date of death | 27 February 1735 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
St James's Piccadilly, Westminster |
| Occupation | Author; Physician |
| Research field | Mathematical statistics |
| Activity | Education:
Marischal College, Aberdeen; St Andrews; MD (1696); Cambridge; MD (Lit Reg 1705)
Career:
Moved to Doncaster and then to London (1697); gave lessons in mathematics; commenced practice in London (1700); Physician to Prince George of Denmark and to Queen Anne (1705-1714); Physician to Chelsea Hospital (1713); visited France, where his brother was a banker (1714, 1718); friend of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (FRS 1708) and of Jonathan Swift; known as a wit and humorous writer
Freemason, unnumbered and unamed Lodge at the Bedford's Head, Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London 27 November 1725
Memberships:
FRCPE (1707, Honorary); FRCP (1710)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1704 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1706, 1708-1714, 1716, 1726-1727 |
| Relationships | Son of a Scottish Episcopal clergyman who lost his preferment at the Glorious Revolution |
| Published works | 'An Examination of Dr Woodward's Account of the Deluge, etc..' 1697; 'Essay on the usefulness of Mathematical learning' 1700 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn; Munk; Thomas
References:
A W F Edwards, 'Is the Frontispiece of Gulliver's Travels a Likeness of Newton?' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 191-194
A Cook, 'The end of the affair. The correspondence of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, vol 3 (1703-1719) by E G Forbes, L Murdin and F Willmoth' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 113-116
'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010. Library and Museum of Freemasonry, page 4-5
Notes:
Box 155 cited as a source. Munk says he received his MD from Aberdeen |
| Royal Society code | NA6385 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/000121 | Arbuthnot, John | nd |
| EL/A/54 | Paper, 'An argument for divine providence taken from the constant regularity observed in the birth of bothe sexes' by John Arbuthnot | April 1711 |
| EL/A/53 | Letter, from John Arbuthnot to Justice [John] Chamberlayne | 30 April 1711 |